DIYRE

Primary Colours Bundle

$350.00 $374.00

Full Kit
Step-by-Step Guide
Supported
$50 Repair Policy
Intermediate

Description
Docs

Get a Palette kit loaded with our three most popular Colours for a truly radical price.

The Primary Colours Bundle brings the classic sounds of tape, transformers, and transistors to your studio in a single 500-series module. And it just might be the greatest deal in pro audio.

The bundle contains:

Colour 500-Series Palette mkII Kit
Ultra-transparent host for three Colours with input drive and output trim controls

15IPS mkII Kit
Magnetic tape simulator featuring a low-end tape "bump" and germanium diodes

CTX mkII Kit
Classic sound of "iron" with a custom Cinemag transformer

JFT mkII Kit
Musical, class-A transistor saturation

What the Pros are Saying

"I have [the Primary Colours] in my main mono chain and have it on whenever I want to fatten up the sound some more. It’s really nice to have another option for coloring tracks and the different sounds are useful. Often though I’ll just put all three on. Using them mostly for guitar and synth tracks but I had them on a violin track last week and it made for a nice scratchy, detailed violin track."

-Ruban Nielson
Unknown Mortal Orchestra

"The Colour system is a fascinating example of what can be done with analogue electronics, and produces some great textures. If you have a 500-series with space for another module or two, this is a no-brainer."

-Mike Hillier
MusicTech.net

"I can't say enough good things about Colour. This product embodies everything Tape Op is about. It's rooted in DIY; it sounds good; and it's inexpensive, novel, fun, and wide open for experimentation. Right on."

-Scott Evans
TapeOp Magazine #107

"...the whole concept and execution works brilliantly: DIYRE’s Colour platform is a great way to add a little analogue character to your setup, or to dip those first tentative toes into the world of DIY."

-Matt Houghton
Sound on Sound Magazine

love it

i went with primary colours. lived up to its expectations. all the colour and grit of consoles tape etc without the price tag, or unneccessary extras, in a small form factor. affordable and quality. would do it again.

fun project!

i loved doing this project. this was my second DIY project and i completed it with very little issue. i’ll be back for more :)

Love These!

These modules are great! Love em. Plugins are great and all.. But I prefer analog tone shaping…. And These are awesome tools. DIYRE’s kits are always well documented, easy to assemble, and well packaged. These are no exception!

Troubleshooting

The hardware is great and fun to solder. My only problem is that I've created a couple feedback loops trying to run audio from my DAW to the Colour Pallette. Thankfully I was expecting it due to inexperience with out of the box processing. Anyways, it would be nice if there were a couple of tutorials with DAWs like Ableton and Fl Studio.

Game changing!!

I've built 2 palette kits and over half a dozen colors. The build is fun and easy and the support docs are great but...the sound is fantastic. I have a LOT of colorful new and vintage gear, including 3 Ampex tape machines. The colors are so flexible and do something I can't get out of any other gear. From delays to saturation, they find their way on to every session.
I love em!